Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights

Sep 7, 2008

0h 59m

★ 8.4

Overview

Comedy icon Joanna Lumley pursues a life-long dream to track down the elusive and beautiful Northern Lights. She travels North across the Arctic Circle, up through Norway and finally to Svalbard, the most northerly permanently inhabited place on Earth, where she has to cope with temperatures approaching minus 30° C. Joanna’s journey takes her from train to boat and huskysled to snowmobile as she is pulled ever northwards and finally, in a breathtaking climax to the film, Joanna gets to see with her own eyes the spectacular beauty of the Northern Lights. As seen on ABC1.

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Documentary

Production Companies

Takeaway Media

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Herself

Joanna Lumley

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Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights

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